World Briefs

BANK OF CHINA TAPS TERADATA

The Bank of China Ltd., Hong Kong, has selected Dayton, Oh.-based Teradata's Teradata data warehouse and Teradata customer relationship management solutions to establish a new profit-oriented bank card sales and customer service systems. The Bank of China has more than 47 million bank cards in issue.

BOCHK SELECTS PEOPLESOFT'S EPM

In other news from Bank of China Ltd (BOCHK), the Hong Kong-based institution has selected PeopleSoft's Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) analytic and Balanced Score-card solutions to optimize the BOCHK's profitability, reporting and analysis.

LLOYDS BANK PICKS DOCUCORP

Lloyds TSB Bank plc (LTSB, London) will use Dallas-based Docucorp International's correspondence solution, which incorporates publishing capabilities and electronic delivery, to automate its customer correspondence in its growing PhoneBank operation.

PRUDENTIAL PLC GOES FRICTIONLESS

Prudential plc, the London-based provider of financial products and services and fund management, will use Frictionless Sourcing, from Frictionless Software, Cambridge, Mass., to manage its expenditures and drive cost savings.

FINANCIAL OBJECTS/ESQUIRE

Financial Objects, headquartered in London, has formed a strategic partnership with IT consultancy and service provider Esquire Systems (Dubai), to market, service and support Financial Objects' activebank solution in the Middle East.

DIEBOLD WINS $8.5M ATM DEAL

Bank of Communications (Shanghai) has awarded North Canton, Ohio-based Diebold, Inc., an order valued at more than US $8.5 million for automated teller machines (ATMs) and bulk cash recycling machines (BCRMs).

CB OF COSTA RICA/IDENTIX

Central Bank of Costa Rica has deployed Minnetonka, Minn.-based Identix, Inc.'s Identix' fingerprint biometric security solutions to secure access to its databases by member banks.

SMBC MIGRATES TO SANCHEZ

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC, Tokyo) has completed the migration of its Paris corporate banking operations to Malvern, Pa.-based Sanchez Com-puter Associates Inc.'s Sanchez Profile real-time core banking solution.

DSTA SELECTS TREMA

Dutch State Treasury Agency (DSTA), the state's debt management office based in Amsterdam, has selected Trema Finance KIT, from Trema (London), to support its proactive debt management strategy. Trema Finance KIT will replace the DSTA's front, middle and back-office systems.

BANK BNI TAPS REUTERS

Bank Negara Indonesia (Bank BNI, Jakarta) selected Reuters (New York) Kondor+ global real-time position-keeping system to hel manage its financial exposures and trading room risk.